West Haven Gang - September

Payson has braces ! 

This girl loves to paint

Bright has braces too !! 

Payson is playing fall ball
This kid sure loves baseball

 

June 2021

Alot of baseball for Thatcher and Payson in June
Here, Thatcher is catcher

The garden is really starting to grow

CJ's Ivory and Birch business is boomin'

Family support !! 

Lunch at Taggarts with Vicki and Annette

Thatch and Tagg are going to the Weight Room and working out with Coach Patino

Zac tore down his chicken coop, and and red shed

Pays came up one day to help The Yard Masters

I was able to tour Tifie Ranch for work, and also go up on this dryfarm that I've always wanted to visit.  What a view of East Canyon Dam.  I haven't seen that water outlet (at the bottom of the dam) since I was a little girl, and it was open to the public, and you could drive down there.  I remember it used to make me so scared to be down there in the shadow of that huge dam.

Bright lost her first tooth on the TOP !!  

We hung my flowers from the Barn - Thank you Roger :)

Treyson is perfecting the art of driving :)

My boys repaired and improved the sandbox at the Property, adding corner benches with the left over Trex from the Pump House porch. 

Tagg is Deacon quorum president, and does such a good job.  I believe he is a natural born leader. 

Rog has caught 6+ skunks in traps near our chicken coop.  Dang things ! 

These kids are rejoicing !!!  They are going to get a new baby sister in December !!  Yeah !!!  We are so happy for their family. 

Bright is playing baseball too!  

Oh Bex - what can I say about this girlie who shows up to baseball games in her princess tutu? 

There are no words !!!

Landon was one of Bright's coaches, and cousin Jared's daughter Addison was on the team also :)  
Here are Landon, Parker, Jared, Addison and Brightyn with Bexlee in front

Pea picking time in the Garden

We got caught in a downpour while watering the garden one evening.  We were soaked ! 

Cam is busy working on painting her bathroom cupboards all by herself!  She is just like her mom, so handy and ambitious and hard working. 

Landon and Kacey and kids went with friends on a vacation to Island Park.  They had a great time. 

Manda and Cam are suffering in the heat in  Arizona - It's been an extremely hot summer there

Landon repairing the bridge before the summer parties at the Property start.  We put left over trex on all of the joints on the bridge, and then I got out there on it and painted it.  It's been there for 20 years, and it's getting pretty old and ratty.  I sure wish we could get something more solid and maintenance free in place. 

Tagg got a couple of teeth pulled in preparation for more braces

Thatch got some braces too !

Oh how I love these kids !!  Cousin Dax is in the pic too !!

Dad and Bex - I love this picture.  She's showing him her POP - its

Zac and CJ and boys

Brotherly love

Landon and Kacey and family

Bright found this egg - what a find !!

Bex just HAD to hold it...............and it was soon dropped :(

What a couple of goofs

Two peas in a pod

WOW !!!

With new puppy Ziggy

Bright and Bex and cousins did a photo shoot with Aunt Jordan  - they turned out beautifully

All the boys went to a Raptors Game - such a fun night
Roger, Zac, Landon, Treyson, Tagg, Thatcher, and Pays (in front)

Such a beautiful morning watering.  We water Monday and Wednesday evenings, and either Friday or Saturday mornings.  

Our Family
Erika - 58,  Mark - 54,  Gwen - 60
Mom and Dad (soon to be 84)

 

Little odds and ends - trying to play catch up.

Left over picture from Thanksgiving I think.  Here is Cam with her Arizona family.  All (or many) of the cousins on her dad's side.  Love that cute girl front and center :)

Christmas Gifts for the ward from the Relief Society (TP and hand sanitizer)
As 2020 comes to a close, we may wish to FLUSH all trials of these past few months away.
Hopefully we can remember the lessons we have learned, and most importantly,
that we can rely on the Lord's protection as we strive to HEAR HIM daily. 

We had a visitor at our place

I love to capture memes from the internet and share them. 

Thatcher got braces !!

So many people participated in the Prophets call to flood social media with thankfulness #givethanks, and now we are Lighting the World for the month of December.  Loved to see this post !!!

Roger would say this is TOTALLY TRUE

Special post by CJ that took Morgan Moms Facebook by storm !! 

Love my beautiful Poinsettia that we got through Brightyn's fundraiser for tumbling.  It was used extensively in our Ward's Christmas Devotional which was filmed last Sunday, and will be broadcast on the ward's YOUTUBE channel NEXT Sunday, the 20th. 

I bought The Forgotten Carols, and have been passing it around to anyone who would like to see it.  It is wonderful :) 

Love my little CHRISTmas tree.  Krista Adams built me the box to put it on.  So happy !

Our Relief Society Presidency - Me, Vicki, Jody, & Sara
This is what is looks like in the year 2020

We have sure seen alot of changes in the 3 years we have served.

Councils in Relief Society (once a month, in a circle)
Ministering instead of Visiting Teaching
2 hour block change - Relief Society only 2 times a month
COVID - No Church (March-July)
Social Distancing - get together at the Property
COVID - Sacrament only (July-Oct)
COVID - Zoom RS meetings 2 times a month
What is next !?!?!?

We were able to get together last Sunday (Roger, Gwen, Mark, Carrie, Erika, Aaron and Tiana) with mom and dad and present them with our Christmas present.  It turned out so well. 

Bright finally got her tooth out with a little help from her dad !
She is a BRAVE GIRL !!

After putting it off for weeks (of warm weather), we braved the 19 degree temperature yesterday and got the Christmas decorations up to the cemetery. 

 

Last but not least - Manda texted me this picture.
Apparently the story I told the kids years ago, about Stephen King's story of THE MIST is still freaking her out (haha) - Love you Manda !!!